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... The earliest shotguns specifically designed for combat were the '''trench guns''' or '''trench shotguns''' issued in World War I. While limited in range, ...n the pump is locked forwards, gas operation. There have also been a few [[machine gun| fully automatic]] shotguns produced.

...onsumed. Cooking off limits the [[rate of fire]] of many [[rifle]]s, since heavy use will heat up the gun's barrel.

...auge- such as 10, 8 and 6 or even 4-[[gauge (bore diameter)|gauge]] or the guns were named by projectile weight in ounces. The projectiles were lead round ...unting in the 1800s was as much a test of the gunbearer's ability to relay guns to the hunter, and his skill on horseback in the earlier days to evade char

...teer him towards less dangerous pursuits, the young Owen was obsessed with guns; with making, modifying, and firing them. At the age of eight he began his ...kind of bolt in an old rifle. He then turned his interest to [[sub-machine guns]], making each of the prototypes himself, having learned metal and lathe wo

...ould influence post-war small arms development (particularily in the [[M60 machine gun]]) and ultimately help shape the modern [[assault rifle]] concept.<ref ...ers (largely [[New Zealand]]ers from 5 Brigade's 22nd Battalion) inflicted heavy casualties upon the outgunned German paratroopers in the early stages of ba

...reechblock''. To lock, it drops down into a solid shoulder of metal in the heavy [[receiver]] like the [[bolts]] of the Russian [[SKS]] [[carbine]] and Fren ...-barrel configurations, the heavy barrel intended for automatic fire. Most heavy barreled FALs are equipped with [[bipod]]s, although some light barrel mode

|type= [[General purpose machine gun]] ...eavy infantry '''Model 60-20''' machine gun, the '''Model 60-40''' coaxial machine gun for armoured fighting vehicles and the '''Model 60-30''' aircraft varia

|type= [[Light machine gun]] ...achine gun”) is a [[Belgium|Belgian]] [[5.56x45mm NATO|5.56 mm]] [[light machine gun]] developed by [[Fabrique Nationale de Herstal|Fabrique Nationale]] (FN

The [[United Kingdom|British]] [[.303 British|.303]] Browning aircraft machine gun introduced in the late 1930s and used in World War II was actually a li ...|M240]] medium machine guns, [[FN FNP series|FNP series pistols]] and [[M2 machine gun]]s.

'''Model E''' (1907 Mk II** action heavy barrel); .303 Brit., 35 WCF<ref name="cotw19"/><ref name="cotw110"/> ...eaded lugs and receiver are known to exist. He also used the same shape of heavy barrel as used on the Mk II**. The M-10, in .280 Ross, is considered by man

...round with a single manipulation of the [[trigger|firing device]] to be a "machine gun" for regulatory purposes. Other terms, including "firearm" itself, hav For handguns and long guns, the [[projectile]] is a [[bullet]], or in historical [[cannons]], a [[cann

...ome [[XM177]] models. An example of a cone-shaped hider is on the [[Bren]] machine gun. ...Bren]] LMG and on the turret-mounted aircraft machine guns of British WWII heavy bombers, which were used mostly at night.

... barrel. The [[Maxim gun]], invented in 1884, was the first self-powered [[machine gun]]. The first Gatling gun relied on a hand crank for external power. Som ...cticut National Guard had an interest in the company manufacturing Gatling guns, and took a personally-owned Gatling gun to Saskatchewan in 1885 for use ag

... [[tripod]], or mounted on a vehicle, as they are usually too powerful and heavy to be fired effectively on foot from an unsupported standing position or on ... used as a GPMG traces back to World War I, where aircooled medium machine guns were used in many different roles, typically with larger magazines on aircr

...sted that they could solve their problems by firing models out of existing guns in order to gather real-world data. This was Bull's introduction to artille ...CARDE, now on the DRB's payroll, and continued working on the instrumented guns. On one of these trips, in 1953, he and a friend stopped in Charny after a

...s of an inch or in millimeters. Differing from the [[musket]], most modern guns are [[Rifling|rifled]], with a series of grooves spiraling along the barrel ...ad of [[lead shot|shot]] or a single projectile known as a slug, and the [[machine gun]], which is a fully-automatic weapon mounted on a tripod or bipod and i

...led budgetary discussions. The new law, which would allow civilians to own guns, sparked heated scenes in the East Timorese parliament between the parliame ...oting for work purposes, D - long guns for hunting, E - sporting guns, F - guns collecting )

...long gun]]s such as [[rifle]]s and [[shotgun]]s, mounted weapons such as [[machine gun]]s and [[autocannon]]s, and larger weapons such as [[artillery]]. ...[semi-automatic pistol]]s, and [[Automatic firearm|fully automatic]], or [[machine pistol]]s.

[[Image:M2 machine gun.jpg|thumb|250px|The [[M2 Browning machine gun]] with a [[tripod]] weighs 58 kg (128&nbsp;lb).]] ...edium-caliber (rifle caliber) machine guns meant for prolonged firing from heavy mounts, less mobile, or static positions (or some combination of the two).

...lly adapted from the roller-locked recoil operating system of the [[MG42]] machine gun but with a fixed barrel and gas system. It was realized that with caref ... The '''AME 49''' under the name ''Carabine Mitrailleuse 1950'' (English: "machine carbine", German: ''Maschinenkarabiner'') was retained for production amon